Argh. Impossible to choose, but I'll try. I'm pretty fond of Harmony's entire speech at Cordelia's wake in The Burying Kind, but especially her summary of Cordy's love life culminating in: Plus then Cordelia had this gooey-eyed thing going on with Angel, and hey, dating Angel is just the worst thing ever. Either he goes nutso after you boink him, or he doesn't and then it's totally humiliating.
On a more serious and actual dialogue note (since a speech at a wake is not a dialogue), I must confess I like my version of a certain 21st birthday party, specifically this bit:
"That bastard was calling me a fag," he muttered, voice not even slightly slurred, but then, Hamburg had trained them all into drinking a considerable lot without letting this affect their vocals. Billy Kramer waited until enough bystanders-turned-helpful-Samaritans were between Brian, Bob Wooler and John, and then let John go. Cynthia tried to put her hand on his arm and draw him away, but John immediately shook her of. Imploringly, she looked at Paul.
"What do you care?" Paul asked. His voice sounded alien in his ears, but at least he was still capable of speech. John narrowed his eyes at him.
"What do I - "
"You don't," Paul said, and decided he was furious, which was the safest name to give to the emotion making his own hands itch and damn near tremble right now. "You never care what people think. That's your spiel. The great John Lennon never gives a shit, so you know what, go on not giving a shit just long enough not to ruin my birthday party, thanks ever so."
(Runner up favourite dialogue bit in terms of my RPF sins is the Yoko and Paul "Why should I help you"?/"Because one of us has to take him back, and you won't do it" exchange from 1974, btw.)
On a more serious and actual dialogue note (since a speech at a wake is not a dialogue), I must confess I like my version of a certain 21st birthday party, specifically this bit:
"That bastard was calling me a fag," he muttered, voice not even slightly slurred, but then, Hamburg had trained them all into drinking a considerable lot without letting this affect their vocals. Billy Kramer waited until enough bystanders-turned-helpful-Samaritans were between Brian, Bob Wooler and John, and then let John go. Cynthia tried to put her hand on his arm and draw him away, but John immediately shook her of. Imploringly, she looked at Paul.
"What do you care?" Paul asked. His voice sounded alien in his ears, but at least he was still capable of speech. John narrowed his eyes at him.
"What do I - "
"You don't," Paul said, and decided he was furious, which was the safest name to give to the emotion making his own hands itch and damn near tremble right now. "You never care what people think. That's your spiel. The great John Lennon never gives a shit, so you know what, go on not giving a shit just long enough not to ruin my birthday party, thanks ever so."
(Runner up favourite dialogue bit in terms of my RPF sins is the Yoko and Paul "Why should I help you"?/"Because one of us has to take him back, and you won't do it" exchange from 1974, btw.)
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